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The Importance of Soil in Climate Change Mitigation
Half of the world's soils are considered degraded. Carbon that would have lasted maybe a year or two if it was left on the surface can stay in soil for hundreds of years, even thousands and more. Human actions contribute about 15% of the CO2 that we keep releasing to the atmosphere every year. Soil has this amazing capacity to store carbon, but we humans have been messing with the soil.